CP 7007 leads an empty fertilizer, bound for Tulsa, OK, as it climbs the 1.4% grade into Crozier Canyon near Valentine, AZ.

CP 7007 leads an empty fertilizer, bound for Tulsa, OK, as it climbs the 1.4% grade into Crozier Canyon.

NS 4001, one of Norfolk Southern's DC to AC rebuilt locomotives, descends down the grade between Crozier Canyon and Valentine as it leads 65 loads of autoracks bound for Richmond, CA. Unlike Norfo... (more)

The 2nd section of the San Bernardino, CA to Willow Springs, IL Z-train charges through the OS of West Valentine as it begins to slow down while climbing the more than 1% grade towards Crozier Can... (more)

An ES44AC locomotive leads the Z-WSPLAC7 through Valentine as it hauls this critical peak season train. Coal pool locomotives, like this ES44AC, have been able to sneak out of the coal fields and ... (more)

High priority UPS cargo races west through Valentine, AZ on the hot Willow Springs, IL to Los Angeles, CA Z8. Five motors waste no reaching the track speed of 70 MPH as they run hot on the heels o... (more)

CP 8103 leads a Pearland, TX to Los Angeles, CA stack train out of Crozier Canyon near Valentine. A BNSF warbonnet #778 is also in the lash-up in the third position.

Fall foliage is still lingering around northern Arizona's high desert as the colorful lash-up of the H-BELBAR1 descends down a 1.4% grade of Crozier Canyon. In the 5th position is AMTK 72, a Gener... (more)

Running six hours behind schedule, the 2nd, non-critical, section of the Los Angeles, CA to Willow Springs, IL UPS train makes its way through a Form B at the control point of East Valentine. The ... (more)

A trio of SD70ACes lead the Z-AUGSBD through Valentine on chilly November evening. The Z-AUGSBD is one of the few intermodal trains to consistently have Norfolk Southern power on it as this train ... (more)

BNSF 729 leads a Barstow, CA to Galesburg, IL manifest train up the 1.4% grade through Crozier Canyon near Valentine, AZ. The iconic Santa Fe, red and silver paint scheme on the BNSF 729 has suffe... (more)

The Northern Lights were visible in many parts of the United States on the night of Oct. 10th, 2024. Here in Arizona, the lights were barely visible with the naked eye, but would show up on camera... (more)

A 100 car loaded grain train from Council Bluffs, IA to Guernsey, CA descends down the 1.4% grade out of Crozier Canyon as three GE motors hold back over 14,000 tons of train. Two former Santa Fe ... (more)

An empty grain heads back to Alberta, MN to get reloaded as it climbs the 1.4% grade of Crozier Canyon. Even though this train has three motors, only two of them are working to pull this 113 car t... (more)

The hot New York, NY to Los Angeles, CA Z-train races out of Valentine as it reaches the track speed of 70 MPH.